If the sky stands still, if the earth quakes, if there is famine, if there is pestilence, at once the cry is raised: Throw the Christians to the lions! So many to one?
TERTULLIANAnd when will there be an end of marrying? I suppose, when there is an end of living.
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The pleasure of those who injure you lies in your pain. Therefore they will suffer if you take away their pleasure by not feeling pain.
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It is certain because it is impossible.
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The blood of the Christians is seed.
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He is a man, who is to be a man; the fruit is always present in the seed.
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A man becomes a Christian, he is not born one.
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Now then, you dogs, whom the apostle puts outside and who yelp at the God of truth, let us come to your various questions.
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Fear is the foundation of safety.
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The whole fruit is already present in the seed.
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It is a fundamental human right, a privilege of nature, that every man should worship according to his own convictions.
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It is to believed because it is absurd.
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The Son of God died; it is by all means to be believed because it is absurd. And he was buried and rose again; the fact is certain, because it is impossible.
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Christians are made, not born.
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It is certain because it is possible.
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Where our joy is, there should our work be.
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Nature is schoolmistress, the soul the pupil; and whatever one has taught or the other has learned has come from God – the Teacher of the teacher.
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